As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Demo-Kit Details

The
Solar Echoes Demo-Kit is moving along, and as I've been putting it
together, I've also been working to make sure all the artwork used is
in color. Most of the artwork I've commissioned over the years has
been black and white, because it is not only cheaper to commission,
but it keeps printing costs down for the books. However, since I've
been shifting over to digital sales more than physical, color art
doesn't cost me as much (at least there's no printing cost!) and I've
learned how to use Photoshop to add color into these black and white
images. I spent some of my time this past weekend colorizing an old
piece of art from Sarah Carter that I commissioned back in 2012. It
shows an Erwani in cyberspace, hacking into a computer system. Keep
in mind, the Erwani is not shown in full—only the upper torso. I
like how the artist showed the tendrils of the Erwani emerging from
the pod-like hands to interface with the “keyboard.” When I
colorized this art, I added a few things, such as the glowing light
of the virtual link eye-piece. I also added in some variation on the
head-leaves, showing vein-like streaks on the large leaves to make
the Erwani's head look like the designs sometimes found on the
predatory pitcher plant. I hope you like it—you can find this and
other colored art in the upcoming Demo-Kit, which will be...FREE!